MIT Hosts Sweeping The Nation
This week on May 6 and may 7, MIT will host a contest called Sweeping the Nation. The contest is a recycling challenge using robots built from a kit.
This is actually a required course for mechanical engineering students going back 20 years.
Each student is given an identical kit. They must then build a robot capable of picking up soda cans and putting the cans into a recycle bin. More points are awarded if the robot can also crush the can.
The the finals will be held this Thursday evening, starting at 7 p.m., at the Johnson Athletic Center’s ice rink.
The event can be seen live via webcast from MIT cable tv.
